game trailblazer

Chapter 160 Immortal Sword Listed

Zhang Lexing didn't even think about the reactions caused by the listing of "Forbes" magazine, and he was not in the mood to think about it. Since the travel plan was handed in, he was most troubled by driving on the road every day.

Because of the relevant reports in "Forbes" magazine, plus his appearance at the press conference, Zhang Lexing has become a well-known celebrity in the world, and he can no longer go out as casually as before, and naturally the driving school will not It was convenient to go, so Yang Xinxin had to find another way.After a lot of effort, Yang Xinxin finally found a reliable person, a Hong Kong native named John Wang, to act as Zhang Lexing's coach.

According to the agreed time, I stood waiting at the door of my house. A blue Toyota car drove over from a distance and stopped in front of Zhang Lexing. A young man got out of the car and said to Zhang Lexing: "Hi, this is Mr. Zhang ?"

Zhang Lexing nodded, and the young man continued: "My name is John Wang. I will be your coach in the next few days. Please get in the car first."

John Wang opened the car door, let Zhang Lexing get into the car first, and then he went to the passenger seat on the other side and sat down.After fastening his seat belt, John Wang said to Zhang Lexing: "Mr. Zhang, if you feel uncomfortable sitting, you can adjust the front and back of the seat. If you can, please fasten your seat belt."

After Zhang Lexing adjusted the seat and fastened the seat belt, John Wang introduced the facilities in the car again, and then said: "Okay, you can drive it casually first. It doesn't matter, I still have a brake here, don't worry open."

This is a Toyota car with automatic transmission, the operation is not complicated, it is suitable for beginners like Zhang Lexing.Taking a deep breath, Zhang Lexing started the car. According to the experience he learned from the driving school, he turned on the lights, turned the steering wheel, and fueled the car, and slowly started the car.

Not far away, a bicycle passed by the Toyota, and the rider looked into the car curiously.John Wang coughed lightly and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't be too nervous, the car can drive faster. California law stipulates that the speed in urban areas is 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour, but only when it exceeds 45 miles (70 kilometers) can you drive faster." Fines, so people generally drive 45 miles. If you go out of this residential area, you have to go up the speed."

"Oh, I got it." Zhang Lexing responded, stepped on the foot, stepped on the accelerator slowly, the speed of the car slowly increased, and the pointer on the speed indicator also moved up from 20.Just after the pointer on the speed indicator passed 30 (48 kilometers), Zhang Lexing became inexplicably nervous, his hands holding the steering wheel became tighter and tighter, and some slight sweat dripped from his head.When the pointer on the speed indicator was close to 45 miles (70 kilometers), Zhang Lexing's mind went blank, and only the road ahead remained in his eyes. He couldn't hear the voice of Wang Yuehan next to him at all, and his hands were completely in place. The steering wheel is stiff.

The speed of the car was still rising. Seeing that the situation was not good, John Wang hurriedly stepped on the brakes. After a loud brake sound, the Toyota stopped. Zhang Lexing leaned on the seat, his face was pale, and sweat gushed out...

Later, I tried a few more times, but unfortunately 30 miles seemed to be a hurdle. As soon as I crossed it, Zhang Lexing became nervous involuntarily, and even completely lost control of the nervousness.If the speed is lower than 30 miles, although it is slower, Zhang Lexing can drive in a decent way.After repeated several times, John Wang had to give up. He even wondered if Zhang Lexing had a fear of speed. Zhang Lexing's plan to learn to drive for the first time came to a hasty end...

Afterwards, Yang Xinxin found another coach, but the result was the same. Zhang Lexing's car could only crawl on the road at a speed of less than 30 mph.In the end, Yang Xinxin went out in person. One night, she chose an inaccessible road for Zhang Lexing to practice. Unfortunately, the speed was still unable to exceed 30 miles. This time even Yang Xinxin suspected that Zhang Lexing might have a speed phobia.

Although learning to drive failed, life still has to go on.In a blink of an eye, the release date of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is coming soon, so Zhang Lexing boarded the flight from San Francisco to BJ to prepare to return home, and he also brought several sets of KylinWindows95 CDs and corresponding development materials with him.When I returned to BJ, it was already March 3, the day before the launch ceremony of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

This time it was Wang Mengyao and the driver Xiao Chen who came to pick up the plane. After Zhang Lexing got into the car, Wang Mengyao asked as usual: "Boss, do you want to go back and have a rest first?"

"Okay, let's go back and rest first." Zhang Lexing nodded, the flight was not so smooth, and there was an air current in the middle, and the constant turbulence made it almost impossible for him to rest well.

"Okay boss." Wang Mengyao leaned forward and patted the driver's seat: "Brother Chen, go to the neighborhood where the boss lives."

"Did anything happen in the industry and the company during this period?" Zhang Lexing leaned on his seat and asked with his eyes slightly closed.

"Boss, the number of companies funded by the Dream Fund has reached eight, all of which are computer game development companies. In addition to the previous five, the new three are Jiehong Software and Chaowang Electronics. There is also a backfire job. Room, although it is an amateur development team, but the level of art is not bad, they are now making a shooting game..."

"Well, the results are not bad, but I would like to remind the people of the foundation that they must investigate the applicant's situation clearly, and follow up after the funds are released to avoid misappropriation. In addition, as long as the technical strength of these amateur development teams Sufficient, can be properly tilted, especially those who already have products. When we form a distribution company, it will be easier to sign these studios with the relationship we have established now."

"Boss," Wang Mengyao continued, "On March 3, Sega, with the cooperation of BJ's industry and commerce department, raided BJ's largest game console wholesale market and some specialty stores, and confiscated four truckloads of counterfeit game consoles and cards worth more than 9 million yuan. The BJ electronic game market was severely damaged and was in a mess. The game industry in Shanghai and other places has also become terrified, and the talk has changed. According to investigations, Sega's next target is likely to be Tianjin Xinxing Company, because they use Sega's The MD host made a 400-bit little professor learning machine..."

"Hmph, who can blame this? I reminded them a long time ago that Sega didn't take care of it before, but it doesn't mean they don't know. Forget it, let them go." Zhang Lexing didn't look at the little professor's learning machine made by Xinxing Company. In terms of performance, although the performance has been greatly improved, now is the beginning of the popularization of computers, and the learning machine will not be around for a long time, so there is no need to bother.

"Boss, the current domestic public opinion environment is very unfavorable to video games. After a central authoritative newspaper named video games as 'electronic opium', many local newspapers also began to follow suit. What addiction to games affects studies? Even for playing All kinds of examples are full of newspapers, such as stealing the money from the game and taking the road of crime, etc. The school also uses methods such as issuing a "report to parents" and organizing students to sign an oath to ask students to stay away from electronic devices. Games. Just when Sega was cracking down on piracy, Wenzhou also launched a massive social mobilization to encircle and suppress video games. All parents of primary and secondary schools must ensure that their children cannot play video games, whether in arcades or at home, otherwise , You can’t judge three-good students, you can’t join the group. Pledge meetings, appeals, petition letters, complaints, and even so-called victims’ testimonials, etc. Fortunately, it has little impact on our company. Although Tianzhiyuan It is to make video games, but it is mainly for external sales, and now the reputation of computer games is not bad, so there is no need to worry about the creative workshop.”

"This is not a trivial matter. The public opinion environment is very important to the survival and development of game companies, but there is no need to worry at this time. After all, there are industry organizations now. It should be better for them to take the lead in this matter, but we still need to be prepared to cooperate. Well, find someone to prepare some articles to justify the name of the game. Don’t focus on whether minors should play the game, but focus on what the game is, what types of games are there now, what are legitimate games, what are they? It is a pirated game, and there are different games that are suitable for those people to play, etc. Let those who don’t even know what the game is and label it randomly, their so-called harm is just a generalization As for the guild, after tomorrow's press conference is over, I will talk to President Zhao personally."

"Okay boss, I'll take care of this later."

"Well, how are you preparing for tomorrow's press conference? How about the game promotion?"

"Boss, the release of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be carried out simultaneously in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are under the responsibility of Asia Interactive. In the early stage, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been released through the Chinese channel of Satellite TV and the newspapers under Shuxiang Newspaper. The advertisement of "Heroes" has successfully attracted the attention of a considerable number of players. Based on this, it is predicted that the sales volume should not be less than 20 sets. Lianbang Software is mainly responsible for the release of the game in the mainland, and some of them are controlled by Lianbang Software. For foreign sellers in the hands of the Marketing Department of the Creative Workshop, the promotion of the game is carried out through game magazines such as "Home Computer and Game Console", which has achieved quite good results. Before the game is officially released, many players have played it. If you call or write a letter to consult, the predicted sales performance will definitely reach tens of thousands of sets.

As for tomorrow's game release ceremony, it will be held in the Haidian Theater, and there will be leaders from the China Game Industry Association and some game companies to congratulate. "

"Haidian Theater..." The name evoked Zhang Lexing's memories. If nothing changes, a farce in the game industry will happen here in two years, and many enthusiastic players will have to go through a double fire for it. The test of the day, as for how many people among them have been completely disappointed in domestic games since then, it is impossible to verify.But since Zhang Lexing still remembers this incident, it is natural to find a way to prevent this incident from happening, but it is still too early, and that company probably hasn't thought of entering the game industry yet.

After Wang Mengyao finished introducing the situation, the car just arrived at the community where Zhang Lexing lived.Looking at the familiar neighborhood, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but think of what Yang Xinxin told him. It seems that after the game conference is over, he has to find a way to find another place.

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The next day, Sunday, March 3, just after seven o'clock, many players gathered at the software retail stores in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan where posters of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were posted. They chatted with each other. Killing the time while waiting for the gate to open.

AH Hefei outside the 20th Lianbang software store in the country, the signboard on the gate has not had time to be replaced, a piece of red paper with the word "Lian" is temporarily pasted on the first word of the signboard, more than 50 tall and short Fat and thin men of various shapes braved the chill of early spring and lined up outside the gate.

A tall man with a scarf accidentally turned around and found an acquaintance, and there was only one person between him, and he immediately turned around and said hello, "Guo Hongfei, you are here too. "

Hearing someone calling himself, Guo Hongfei raised his head and looked over. It turned out to be his classmate Qin Guochuan: "Yes, I didn't expect you to come earlier than me."

"That's right, I got up before dawn." Qin Guochuan said triumphantly, and then said in a low voice: "You haven't heard that the first thousand sets of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are limited editions. It is said that there are some special things in it, but the whole country does not know how many there are, and I am afraid that I will not be able to buy them if I come late."

The unlucky guy in the middle was originally very dissatisfied with what the two people said, but when Qin Guochuan mentioned the limited edition, he couldn't help joining in: "Limited edition? Why didn't I hear anything about it?" Say it."

Qin Guochuan seemed even more complacent: "Of course, this is internal information. I have a buddy who is helping with the test in that company. I just heard what he said. It is absolutely reliable."

As we were talking, it was eight o'clock, and the door of the specialty store slowly opened, causing a commotion among the crowd. Qin Guochuan, Guo Hongfei and the others couldn't care less about talking, and they all turned their attention to the just opened door of the specialty store, and the crowd's commotion became even bigger .

At the same time, outside the BJ Haidian Theater, the pre-installed speakers were playing the game music of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". Standing on the stage that had already been set up, Lin Musen announced with a microphone: "Legend of Sword and Fairy "The game conference officially begins..."

Watching the press conference in the audience were Zhao Haiguang, Wang Bo, and Yan Xiaowei from the China Game Industry Association, as well as representatives from friendly units such as Lei Jun from Jinshan and Bian Xiaochun from the leader. Dragon Company and other game companies that have received investment from the Dream Fund also sent representatives to participate. Of course, they also plan to learn about the market by the way.In addition, there are some game media reporters, and even traditional media such as "People's Daily" that Zhao Haiguang managed to find. Of course, these people must have a specially prepared gift.In addition to these people who join in the fun, there are about [-] enthusiastic players waiting there. In fact, they are the real protagonists today.

(End of this chapter)